2011 Publication Award Winners
Congratulations to the winners of the 2011 Publication Awards!
Prizes awarded for First, Second, Third and Honorable Mention (as approrpriate). FAAS did not receive entries in all categories or more than one entry in all categories.
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| Cat | Category Name | Place | Author or Editor | Article Title | Society | Publication |
| 1 | Best Editor and Publication More than Six Issues | 1 | Dan Radebaugh | n/a | Greater City Aquarium Society | Modern Aquarium |
| 1 | Best Editor and Publication - More than Six Issues | 2 | Klaus Steinhaus | n/a | Durham Region Aquarium Society | Tank Talk |
| 1 | Best Editor and Publication More than Six Issues | 3 | Jayne Glazier - Editor | n/a | Kitchener-Waterloo Aquarium Society | Fins & Tales |
| 1 | Best Editor and Publication | HM | Joel Antkowiak | n/a | Aquarium Club of Lancaster County | Tank Tales |
| 2 | Best Editor and Publication 6 issues or less | 1 | Greg Steeves | n/a | Hill Country Cichlid Club | Lateral Line |
| 2 | Best Editor and Publication Six Issues or less | 2 | Jose M. Centeno | n/a | Asociación de Acuaristas de Aguadilla | El Ojo de Agua |
| 4 | Best Changing Cover Original Art | 1 | Joel Antkowiak | n/a | Aquarium Club of Lancaster County | Tank Tales |
| 4 | Best Changing Cover Original Art | 2 | David Ramsey | n/a | Atlanta Area Aquarium Association | Fish Talk |
| 4 | Best Changing Cover Original Art | 3 | Jayne Glazier - Editor | n/a | Kitchener-Waterloo Aquarium Society | Fins & Tales |
| 4 | Best Changing Cover, Original Art | HM | Dan Radebaugh | n/a | Greater City Aquarium Society | Modern Aquarium |
| 4a | Best Changing Cover Non-Original Art | 1 | Jack Kraft | n/a | Sacramento Aquarium Society | Tropical News |
| 5 | Best FAAS-Related Article | 1 | Alexander A. Priest | FAASinations | Greater City Aquarium Society | Modern Aquarium |
| 5 | Best FAAS-Related Article | 2 | Alexander A. Priest | The 2010 FAAS Publication Awards | Greater City Aquarium Society | Modern Aquarium |
| 6 | Best Exchange Article | 1 | Zenin Skomorowski | October 2011 Exchange Report | Kitchener-Waterloo Aquarium Society | Fins & Tales |
| 6 | Best Exchange Article | 2 | Stephen & Donna Sosna Sica | Fish Bytes | Greater City Aquarium Society | Modern Aquarium |
| 6 | Best Exchange Article | 3 | Michael Steffen and Suze Glesky | Piscatorial Pearls Apr 2011 | Aquarium Club of Lancaster County | Tank Tales |
| 6 | Best Exchange Article | HM | Zenin Skomorowski | December 2011 Exchange Report | Kitchener-Waterloo Aquarium Society | Fins & Tales |
| 7 | Best Review Article | 1 | Susan Priest | The 101 Best Aquarium Plants, by Mary E. Sweeney | Greater City Aquarium Society | Modern Aquarium |
| 7 | Best Review Article | 2 | Derek P.S. Tustin | The Year of the Rainbowfish: All The Resources You Need | Durham Region Aquarium Society | Tank Talk |
| 7 | Best Review Article | 3 | Susan Priest | Culturing Live Foods, by Michael R. Hellweg | Greater City Aquarium Society | Modern Aquarium |
| 8 | Best Spawning Article under 500 words | 1 | Austin Braganza | Fry on the move – Spawning Notes for Cynotilapia afra | Milwaukee Aquarium Society | SPLASH |
| 8 | Best Spawning Article under 500 words | 2 | Ed Koerner | Playing the Shell Game - Neolamprologus brevis | Kitchener-Waterloo Aquarium Society | Fins & Tales |
| 8 | Best Spawning Article under 500 words | 3 | Terry Clements | Pundamilia sp. Blue Bar | Kitchener-Waterloo Aquarium Society | Fins & Tales |
| 9 | Best Spawning Article, 500-1000 words | 1 | Alan Sharples | Breeding the South American Leaf Fish | Atlanta Area Aquarium Association | Fish Talk |
| 9 | Best Spawning Article, 500-1000 words | 2 | Alexander A. Priest | A Simple Complex: The Albimarginata Complex | Greater City Aquarium Society | Modern Aquarium |
| 9 | Best Spawning Article, 500-1000 words | 3 | Joel Antkowiak | Breeding the Pearl Eartheater, 'Geophagus' brasiliensis | Aquarium Club of Lancaster County | Tank Tales |
| 9 | Best Spawning Article, 500-1000 words | HM | Jules Birnbaum | Caring For and Breeding the Buffalo Head | Greater City Aquarium Society | Modern Aquarium |
| 10 | Best Spawning Article, more than 1000 words | 1 | Derek P.S. Tustin | Year of the Rainbowfish: Breeding Rainbows | Durham Region Aquarium Society | Tank Talk |
| 10 | Best Spawning Article, more than 1000 words | 2 | Alexander A. Priest | Vaillant's Chocolate Gourami: Sphaerichthys vaillanti | Greater City Aquarium Society | Modern Aquarium |
| 10 | Best Spawning Article, more than 1000 words | 3 | Alexander A. Priest | A Small Mouthful: Betta falx | Greater City Aquarium Society | Modern Aquarium |
| 10 | Best Spawning Article, more than 1000 words | HM | Ken Seiders | Breeding Black Skirt Tetras | Atlanta Area Aquarium Association | Fish Talk |
| 11 | Best Article on a Genus of Fish | 1 | Derek P.S. Tustin | Year of the Rainbowfish: Melanotaenia | Durham Region Aquarium Society | Tank Talk |
| 11 | Best Article on a Genus of Fish | 2 | Derek P.S. Tustin | Year of the Rainbowfish: Chilatherina | Durham Region Aquarium Society | Tank Talk |
| 11 | Best Article on a Genus of Fish | 3 | Greg Steeves | The Little Known Arrow-fish; Yssichromis | Hill Country Cichlid Club | Lateral Line |
| 11 | Best Article on a Genus of Fish | HM | Alexander A. Priest | A Simple Complex: The Albimarginata Complex | Greater City Aquarium Society | Modern Aquarium |
| 12 | Best Article on a Species of Fish | 1 | Doug White & Derek P.S. Tustin | Hypancistrus zebra L046: The Famous Zebra Pleco | Durham Region Aquarium Society | Tank Talk |
| 12 | Best Article on a Species of Fish | 2 | Alexander A. Priest | Vaillant's Chocolate Gourami: Sphaerichthys vaillanti | Greater City Aquarium Society | Modern Aquarium |
| 12 | Best Article on a Species of Fish | 3 | Alexander A. Priest | Try a Different African Challenge | Greater City Aquarium Society | Modern Aquarium |
| 12 | Best Article on a Species of Fish | HM | Joel Antkowiak | Bread ' n Butter: Betta - Siamese Fighting Fish | Aquarium Club of Lancaster County | Tank Tales |
| 12 | Best Article on a Species of Fish | HM | Stephen Sica | My Favorite Fish: The Kerri Tetra | Greater City Aquarium Society | Modern Aquarium |
| 13 | Best Marine Article - Fish | 1 | Stephen Sica | It’s Not a Bird! | Greater City Aquarium Society | Modern Aquarium |
| 13 | Best Marine Article - Fish | 2 | Stephen Sica | Grand Cayman’s Lionfish | Greater City Aquarium Society | Modern Aquarium |
| 13 | Best Marine Article - Fish | 3 | Stephen Sica | I Think I See A(nother) Lionfish! | Greater City Aquarium Society | Modern Aquarium |
| 14 | Best Marine Article, Inverebrates | 1 | Michael Steffen | Coralline Algae Propagation in the Home Aquarium | Aquarium Club of Lancaster County | Tank Tales |
| 16 | Best Article on Aquascaping or Design | 1 | Don Rhodes | Orinoco Flow Aquascaping Article | Kitchener-Waterloo Aquarium Society | Fins & Tales |
| 16 | Best Article on Aquascaping or Design | 2 | Scott McLaughlin | Aquascaping: Is There an Artist in You? | Aquarium Club of Lancaster County | Tank Tales |
| 16 | Best Article on Aquascaping/Design | 3 | Edward Vukich | Diver Dan | Greater City Aquarium Society | Modern Aquarium |
| 17 | Best Article on Plant Maintenance, Cultivation or Reproduction | 1 | Derek P.S. Tustin | My Green Wet Thumb: Bull****! | Durham Region Aquarium Society | Tank Talk |
| 17 | Best Article on Plant Maintenance, Cultivation or Reproduction | 2 | Derek P.S. Tustin | My Green Wet Thumb: Merry Christmas (Moss) | Durham Region Aquarium Society | Tank Talk |
| 17 | Best Article on Plant Maintenance, Cultivation or Reproduction | 3 | Brent Lemanski | Expanding my Grow Op. | Kitchener-Waterloo Aquarium Society | Fins & Tales |
| 17 | Best Article on Plant Maintenance, Cultivation or Reproduction | HM | Rob McLure | Flowering of the Madagascar Lace plant Aponogeton madagariensis | Milwaukee Aquarium Society | SPLASH |
| 18 | Best Show Article | 1 | Greg Steeves | FOTAS CARES 2011 | Hill Country Cichlid Club | Lateral Line |
| 18 | Best Show Article | 2 | Joel Antkowiak | ACA 2011: One Hot Event! | Aquarium Club of Lancaster County | Tank Tales |
| 18 | Best Show Article | 3 | Kurt Johnston | ALA Convention 2011 | Aquarium Club of Lancaster County | Tank Tales |
| 18 | Best Show Article | HM | Zenin Skomorowski | Ohio Cichlid Association Extravaganza | Kitchener-Waterloo Aquarium Society | Fins & Tales |
| 20 | Best How To or Do It Yourself Article | 1 | Rick Glencross | Building A Box of Water | Durham Region Aquarium Society | Tank Talk |
| 20 | Best How To or Do It Yourself Article | 2 | Don Rhodes | Put (a) Cork in it ! | Kitchener-Waterloo Aquarium Society | Fins & Tales |
| 20 | Best How To or Do It Yourself Article | 3 | Michael Steffen | Creating a Living Background | Aquarium Club of Lancaster County | Tank Tales |
| 20 | Best How To or Do It Yourself Article | HM | Michael Steffen | Creating a Cave for Photos | Aquarium Club of Lancaster County | Tank Tales |
| 20 | Best How To or Do It Yourself Article | HM | Dan Schacht | Fish Rooms: Managing the Cost ! Chapter 3: Lighting - Making LED affordable | Hill Country Cichlid Club | Lateral Line |
| 22 | Best Article on Health/Nutrition | 1 | Dan Radebaugh | Fish Tuberculosis: What is the Threat to Aquarists? | Greater City Aquarium Society | Modern Aquarium |
| 22 | Best Article on Health/Nutrition | 2 | Alexander A. Priest | Leaf Spawning Using Almond Leaves for Blackwater Species | Greater City Aquarium Society | Modern Aquarium |
| 22 | Best Article on Health/Nutrition | 3 | J W Wood | Dealing with Chlorine | Atlanta Area Aquarium Association | Fish Talk |
| 22 | Best Article on Health/Nutrition | HM | Craig Standefer | Daphnia pulex - The Little Things | Hill Country Cichlid Club | Lateral Line |
| 22 | Best Article on Health/Nutrition | HM | Jayne Glazier | White Worms (in technicolour) | Kitchener-Waterloo Aquarium Society | Fins & Tales |
| 23 | Best Collecting Article | 1 | Tim McCaskie | The C.A.R.E.S. Page - Mad Fishes 2010 | Durham Region Aquarium Society | Tank Talk |
| 23 | Best Collecting Article | 2 | David Ramsey | The Driftwood that got away | Atlanta Area Aquarium Association | Fish Talk |
| 24 | Best Traveling Aquarist Article | 1 | Dick Mattinson | Georgia Aquarium Trip | Kitchener-Waterloo Aquarium Society | Fins & Tales |
| 24 | Best Traveling Aquarist Article | 2 | Dick Mattinson | Leaving the Best to Last at the National Aquarium at Baltimore | Kitchener-Waterloo Aquarium Society | Fins & Tales |
| 24 | Best Traveling Aquarist Article | 3 | David Ramsey | Lettuce Lake, Tampa, Fl | Atlanta Area Aquarium Association | Fish Talk |
| 25 | Best Humorous Article | 1 | Dan Radebaugh | A Little Help | Greater City Aquarium Society | Modern Aquarium |
| 25 | Best Humorous Article | 2 | The Undergravel Reporter | Can I Put This in my Tanks? | Greater City Aquarium Society | Modern Aquarium |
| 25 | Best Humorous Article | 3 | Brent Lemanski | A Fish(y) Glossary of Terms | Kitchener-Waterloo Aquarium Society | Fins & Tales |
| 27 | Best Cartoon | 1 | Bob Kulesa | The Topical Tank - Summer 2011 | Aquarium Club of Lancaster County | Tank Tales |
| 27 | Best Cartoon | 2 | Bob Kulesa | The Topical Tank - Dec. 2011 | Aquarium Club of Lancaster County | Tank Tales |
| 27 | Best Cartoon | 3 | Eliott Oshins | Oct Caption Contest | Greater City Aquarium Society | Modern Aquarium |
| 27 | Best Cartoon | HM | Bob Kulesa | The Topical Tank - May 2011 #2 | Aquarium Club of Lancaster County | Tank Tales |
| 28 | Best Conservation-related Article | 1 | Ad Konings | Folks ...itʼs payback time | Hill Country Cichlid Club | Lateral Line |
| 28 | Best Conservation-related Article | 2 | Greg Steeves | Soliloquy on Cichlid Variation | Hill Country Cichlid Club | Lateral Line |
| 28 | Best Conservation-related Article | 3 | Kory Watkins | Lake Victoria and a Little History | Hill Country Cichlid Club | Lateral Line |
| 28 | Best Conservation-related Article | HM | Dan Radebaugh | Carpy Diem! Part II: The Fantastic Four | Greater City Aquarium Society | Modern Aquarium |
| 29 | Best Continuing Column | 1 | Joel Antkowiak | Bread 'n Butter | Aquarium Club of Lancaster County | Tank Tales |
| 29 | Best Continuing Column | 2 | Michael Risko, Jr | Rockin in the Rift Lakes | Atlanta Area Aquarium Association | Fish Talk |
| 29 | Best Continuing Column | 3 | Susan Priest | Wet Leaves | Greater City Aquarium Society | Modern Aquarium |
| 29 | Best Continuing Column | HM | Alexander A. Priest | Fin Fun | Greater City Aquarium Society | Modern Aquarium |
| 30 | Best Article, All Other Categories | 1 | Walter Wooten | The Wonderful Creatures of the Rio Comal | Hill Country Cichlid Club | Lateral Line |
| 30 | Best Article, All Other Categories | 2 | Alan Mark Fletcher | How WWII Contributed to the Golden Decade of the Aquarium Hobby, the 1950s | Greater City Aquarium Society | Modern Aquarium |
| 30 | Best Article, All Other Categories | 3 | Tommy Chang | The Amazing Joe Ferdenzi and his Awesome Fishroom | Greater City Aquarium Society | Modern Aquarium |
| 30 | Best Article, All Other Categories | HM | Michael Steffen | Saltwater Made Simple-Pt. 2 | Aquarium Club of Lancaster County | Tank Tales |
| 30 | Best Article, All Other Categories | HM | Scott McLaughlin | My Dream Tank on a Fixed Budget | Aquarium Club of Lancaster County | Tank Tales |
| 31 | Author of the Year | 1 | Derek P.S. Tustin | n/a | Durham Region Aquarium Society | Tank Talk |
| 31 | Author of the Year | 2 | Alexander A. Priest | n/a | Greater City Aquarium Society | Modern Aquarium |
| 31 | Author of the Year | 3 | Dan Radebaugh | n/a | Greater City Aquarium Society | Modern Aquarium |